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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 808647" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>The stated policies of FedEx regarding "safety" always gives them an out on paper. My argument isn't weakened by the statements I made about rushing to deliver the Purple Promise or looking at your PowerPad while driving, and here's why. Trying to force even more productivity out of an already overburdened courier is going to encourage them to cheat, either by driving faster, looking at the PowerPad while driving, or performing some other unsafe act. If you know that your manager is going to be badgering you about gap times or lates, many people are going to try and avoid that confrontation and possible discipline.</p><p> </p><p>FedEx knows they encourage unsafe acts, and the company goes all-out on "safety" so that when you T-bone that school bus at 10:29, you'll get blamed because you were looking at your PowerPad instead of the road. It doesn't matter that they gave you 55 P1's on a route that can safely handle 45, because the manager who just told you to "don't have lates" at 0845 is going to tell the jury that he told you to be "safe". That manager's senior, who rolled-back start times for the AM sort 20 minutes to save money, is going to tell the jury the same thing.</p><p> </p><p>You know this game, and don't pretend that you don't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 808647, member: 12508"] The stated policies of FedEx regarding "safety" always gives them an out on paper. My argument isn't weakened by the statements I made about rushing to deliver the Purple Promise or looking at your PowerPad while driving, and here's why. Trying to force even more productivity out of an already overburdened courier is going to encourage them to cheat, either by driving faster, looking at the PowerPad while driving, or performing some other unsafe act. If you know that your manager is going to be badgering you about gap times or lates, many people are going to try and avoid that confrontation and possible discipline. FedEx knows they encourage unsafe acts, and the company goes all-out on "safety" so that when you T-bone that school bus at 10:29, you'll get blamed because you were looking at your PowerPad instead of the road. It doesn't matter that they gave you 55 P1's on a route that can safely handle 45, because the manager who just told you to "don't have lates" at 0845 is going to tell the jury that he told you to be "safe". That manager's senior, who rolled-back start times for the AM sort 20 minutes to save money, is going to tell the jury the same thing. You know this game, and don't pretend that you don't. [/QUOTE]
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